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"An adventure story from the wilds of early America, The Land between the Rivers re-creates the journeys of the English botanist Thomas Nuttall, one of American history's most well-traveled scientists." "During the early nineteenth century, Nuttall explored the waters, valleys, plains, and mountains of the Great Lakes, Ohio River, Mississippi River, as well as the Missouri, Arkansas, Red, and Canadian River valleys of the former Louisiana Territory." "The Land between the Rivers details the unremitting weather and rugged geography of uncharted lands within the Louisiana Territory. A sense of discovery pervades the narrative as Nuttall's odyssey builds to its climax in the prairie wilderness of what is now Oklahoma. Sickened by "ague" - in his case, malaria - Nuttall at times was barely able to go on, yet he continued to search for and catalog plants and animals." "The Land between the Rivers expands our knowledge of the work of one of the country's earliest botanists. We also learn a great deal about the early explorers, the inhabitants of the unsettled land, and the land and culture of the times."--BOOK JACKET.
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Natural history, Travel, Description and travel, Indians of North America, History, Nuttall, thomas, 1786-1859, Indians of north america, southwest, old, Indians of north america, history, Natural history, united states, United states, description and travelPeople
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The land between the rivers: Thomas Nuttall's ascent of the Arkansas, 1819
2004, University of Michigan Press
in English
0472114115 9780472114115
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-141) and index.
Maps on lining papers.
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